ver the Edge December 1, 2010 Volume 17, Issue 7 The Brains The Outdoors Club T-Wolves Action They were at UNBC! Get the info on Get all the details Page 13 Page 8 Page 14 I | Do Not Like Green (University’s) Eggs & Ham! Who cares about food? Apparently, the students and staff at UNBC policies and enforcements. This ridiculous notion came to a head last year when Eurest employees were instructed to shut down a fundraiser for victims of the Haiti earthquake. The reason? Cookies must be wrapped in packages of three! Finally, students ROY NEILSON, PRESIDENT UNBC STUDENT PLANNERS’ ASSOCIATION Student clubs have taken exception to these policies for a variety of reasons, including the exorbitant prices on Eurest menus, the dearth of vegetarian and vegan options, and the gratuitous wastage of food which takes place after most Eurest-catered events. Unless you've had your head buried in a brown paper bag, you'll have noticed an abundance of food- themed activities taking place on campus lately. Most recently, we had the ‘Local Food Day’, where students categories: undergraduate, comprehensive, or medical doctoral. The undergraduate division consists of universities which place a primary emphasis on undergraduate programs, with less options for graduate students. Maclean’s excludes universities from its rankings with fewer than 1,000 students, universities restricted by a religious mandate, and universities that are not members of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. The magazine basis its rankings on recent publicly available data. Maclean’s gages the financial status of the University, the professor/student ratios, the number of student national academic awards won, the number of faculty national awards won, and UNBC is the Best in the West success of securing research grants, among various other comprehensive indicators. The magazine also considers a universities reputation and involvement with the surrounding community. are expressly forbidden to host anything resembling a potluck in University buildings for reasons of liability. wn ~ were granted temporary reprieve from the cafeteria’s Do you like Admittedly, exceptions have been made for the First ad w usual fare of pizza, poutine and pop, and treated to green eggs and ham? Nation Centre’s ‘Gathering Space’, but not without ‘s) ay an impressive array of locally-sourced grub. The ° ° protracted negotiations and considerable compromise. Qo a2 ‘Food for Thought’ film series has provided several Given Eurest’s heavy-handed history, one wonders YN opportunities for students and faculty to meet ina how long we will be permitted to bring our own casual setting and discuss all things gastronomic. lunches to campus! And of course -- my favourite - PG PIRG’s monthly cornucopia of local foods delivered to campus for the This article should not be construed as a full fledged nn staggeringly low price of $15. Turnips, anyone? assault on Eurest Dining Services, or their parent 3} wo company Compass Group Canada. Their employees ~ @)) However, some food fights at UNBC have been taking are quite friendly and their dishes are often palatable. so & place less visibly. One such battle has been waged However, while the University may have signed an Lu between student clubs on campus and Eurest Dining exclusivity contract with Eurest, our student clubs Services, the “food service provider” which enjoys did not. It is the position of the Student Planners’ MEE =a veritable monopoly over events catered at UNBC. Association that we should have the choice to spend wv Eurest’s pervasive influence is largely due to the club money on whichever catering service we feel Se ‘exclusivity contract’ which UNBC has signed with the best suits our needs and mandates. For our part, the Ss company, allowing them first right of refusal over all Student Planners’ Association will refuse to host any 4 . : . F are ONLINE SOURCE . ; . Ss catered events taking place in University buildings. event in which food service revenues are funnelled to O w This means all food contracts, from casual coffee toy, don't want your eggs! a corporate entity who has displayed such inflexibility ro) ballroom banquets, must be offered to Eurest first. In and hubris as Eurest. This initiative will be echoed by: a) & the NUSC building, NUGSS technically has first right the Alpha Pi Beta Society, the Asian Club, the Drama 7) of refusal; however, since our student run services In addition, Eurest has shown poor judgement Club, PrideUNBC, and the Rollerderby Club. We a are currently ill-equipped for anything but the smallest in extended their authority even to campus bake encourage other student clubs on campus to do the nig gathering, these potential contracts are almost always sales, where fundraising activities are viewed as same. deferred to Eurest. ‘competition’ and subject to Eurest’s mysterious Cheers all! Ty faa) e e ¢ 2 UNBC is Best in the West Oo ze y . . MacLean’s once again names UNBC best in the West a HANNA PETERSEN Py ico) NEWS EDITOR The magazine features a student perspective on the 2 ) ; universities ranked. Over The Edge’s Editor-In-Chief, = o MacLean’s magazine annually ranks Canada’s Shelby Petersen, was asked about UNBC’s student = universities, and has named UNBC the best university life for the McLean’s University Issue. Petersen U in Western Canada. UNBC was ranked third in the notably commented about UNBC’s community feel as Undergraduate division of the MacLean’s rankings, many UNBC students, or even all students, are ona behind the Atlantic Canadian universities of Mount first name basis with their professors. Allison and Acadia. Mount Allison and Acadia are also YW 0 each more than 150 years old. MacLean’s ranked UNBC’s excellent ranking in this year’s McLean’s Y a twenty-five universities in the undergraduate category annual university issue marks a successful semester 5 > nationwide in the annual issue, which was released on for UNBC’s national and international profile. an November 10th. 5 ; a, In October, UNBC tied Harvard for the top campus LL Maclean’s places universities into one of three sustainability award in North America and was number one for research in an article published by the National Post in November. The article in the National Post detailed a survey of Canada’s research universities. The survey was produced by Research Infosource and measured both funding and the success of faculty in having their research published in leading academic journals. The survey noted, among other successes, the high number of faculty and their achievements both in earning research funding and publishing material. UNBC’s score is the fourth highest in Canada and top outside of Ontario. Bragging rights and a legitimate ‘post-secondary choice’ defence have now been established for whenever needed.